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Godplayer

Robin Cook

Entered Jul 10, 1983 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 18, 1983

Book Power
67.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
3 weeks there · first Jul 31, 1983
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
July 1983 – September 1983

Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.

What it earned each author

Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Robin Cookprimary100%67.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 31, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Return of the JediJoan D. Vinge
  2. #2The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco
  3. #3The Little Drummer GirlJohn le Carré
  4. #4GodplayerRobin Cook
  5. #5ChristineStephen King
  6. #6HeartburnNora Ephron
  7. #7The Seduction of Peter S.Lawrence Sanders
  8. #8The Summer of KatyaTrevanian
  9. #9Ascent Into HellAndrew M. Greeley
  10. #10White Gold WielderStephen R. Donaldson

The #1 bestsellers of 1983

1983 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1983.